This collection contains 1,500 pages of interpretation, application, and contextual studies are drawn from noted authors such as William Kelly, Thomas Kelly Cheyne, E.W. Bullinger, and John Gifford Bellett. They have had an enduring impact on Old Testament exegesis, providing easy access to a wealth of significant scholarship.

Study the dramatic ministry and extraordinary life of John the Baptist with the Classic Studies on John the Baptist Collection. The pastors and scholars featured in this collection equip you to examine John’s life using multiple tools, including detailed exegesis of the biblical text, historical analysis, and study of his sociopolitical significance. Biographical portraits that stitch together the gospel accounts of John’s life are also provided, and present the life of the Baptist in a narrative style that is helpful to readers.

Enter the world of John the Baptist through the three main roles which he embodied: baptist, forerunner, and martyr. John paved the way for Jesus, baptized him, and eventually, died for his belief that Jesus was the long-awaited Messiah. John’s whole life was wrapped up in Christ, and J. Elder Cumming’s volume captures this reality in its explanation of each event in John’s life—following the baptist from Elizabeth’s womb, through the desert, into the Jordan, and to the sword of Rome.

Despite never mentioning God, Esther has been ever fertile ground for pastoral insights into living for God’s glory. In this volume, Scottish minister James Elder Cumming examines the peculiarities, historical setting, and doctrine of Esther. Cumming’s work delves deep into the history of the book’s reception and meaning for Christians today.